Bow saws are wonderful, versatile tools and can be purchased at low cost ($10 to $25). Stanley garden tools, always a good choice, have a reasonably priced selection. Bow saws look a bit like a classic hacksaw. With a curved or rectangular arched frame, the thin blade is attached between the ends of the arch, leaving four to eight inches or so between blade and frame.

With this versatile, low cost, quality garden tool, you can perform many tasks. You can cut smaller branches from trees, shrubs, or other growing things with branches. You can use it to prune trees, shrubs, and lawn/garden plants. Branches of large trees that tend to clutter up your yard after a windy day or serious thunderstorm can quickly be reduced in size with a bow saw. If you’re fascinated by antique garden tools, you can probably find an old wooden handled bow saw for your collection. If not an expensive collector’s item, it can still be used to improve the look of your yard or garden.

Regular pliers are actually known as “slip-joint” pliers, as you can move the mechanism below the jaws to create different angles to get a grip on larger or smaller items. A must-have in a household tool kit, regular pliers have many uses, some you don’t even think of until you need a tool to do something for which there is no other alternative among your household tools. With ribbed jaws and often a vinyl or rubber covered grip, you can exert a great deal of pressure using your pliers properly. Among the variety of uses are removing nails (and screws, if the head is not all the way in its material), acting as a wrench (to hold or turn nuts and bolts), a tack hammer for small nails, and cutting wire. Needle-nose pliers are also wonderful tools to help you grip and/or remove things when you’re working in tight quarters, which happens often when clearing things from your household items checklist. Whether working in a closet, cabinet, drawer, or on your PC, needle-nose pliers will give you gripping and turning power that might be unavailable with regular pliers. If you’re bravely performing electricity-related tasks, you will also use your needle-nose pliers to bend, twist, and grip wire of all sizes, often in cramped areas.